Prime Minister Gaston Browne has warned his dissenting senators that if their concerns with the Corporate Governance Provisions Bill 2016 are not considered “real” they will be expected to “pass it or resign”. At the same time, Browne agreed that “no punitive action will be taken”...
A man who was allegedly caught transporting 345 pounds of ganja last week was yesterday refused bail in the Kington and St Andrew Parish Court. Solomon Henry, a resident of Fairfox Avenue in Havendale, St Andew, is facing charges of possession of ganja, dealing in ganja,...
JAMAICA’S newest Super Lotto winner yesterday picked up his cheque for $250 million (US$1.99m) and told the Jamaica Observer that he was going back to work before heading home. Identifying himself simply as A Murray (not his real name), he was casually dressed in khaki pants,...
THREE men are dead and another three were battling for life last night following a drive-by shooting on Lincoln Avenue in South St Andrew yesterday. Police said that Kenardo Hutchinson, Odane Abbot, Morais Harris and their friends were playing a game of dominoes when the gunmen...
Changes in security detail and measures at the home of Prime Minister Gaston Browne have followed the unprecedented break-in and theft of personal computers and Ipads from the Hodges Bay property. The PM discovered the burglary on Sunday when he and his family returned to Antigua...